At TechCrunch, Jolla's CEO Marc Dillon explains why his company will focus on China, Finland, and the rest of Europe first, ignoring the US. "The US market is not on the radar as yet, as he says the patent landscape there 'raises a barrier' of entry to newcomers (he's especially critical of overly aggressive use of design patents)." Considering the patent mess in the US is only getting worse, expect to see more of this in the future. Jolla is making a wise decision by ignoring the US - as a young technology company, you're far better off focusing your attention elsewhere.

"Did you read the article? He basically says that they want to license out the OS to companies that don't have the skillset to create their own phones, so if Facebook wanted to create their own phone, they could have SailfishOS as the base. Makes logical sense to me. SailfishOS itself and the Jolla Phone isn't going to be a 'Facebook' phone.

Yes? That's exactly what I was referring to. "

Then congratulations, sir: you've successfully made a mountain out of a mole hill.